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Claim filmmaker used "bootleg script" to knock off Oliver Stone flick
JUNE 21--Paramount Pictures is suing a Washington, D.C. filmmaker for copyright infringement, claiming that the man used a "bootleg script" to create a knockoff version of director Oliver Stone's upcoming film on the September 11 attacks. The studio contends in a federal lawsuit that Chris Moukarbel, 28, somehow obtained a copy of the screenplay for "World Trade Center" and used the script as the basis for a 12-minute film that mirrors "a significant portion" of Stone's work, which stars Nicolas Cage and is scheduled for an August release.
Claim filmmaker used "bootleg script" to knock off Oliver Stone flick
JUNE 21--Paramount Pictures is suing a Washington, D.C. filmmaker for copyright infringement, claiming that the man used a "bootleg script" to create a knockoff version of director Oliver Stone's upcoming film on the September 11 attacks. The studio contends in a federal lawsuit that Chris Moukarbel, 28, somehow obtained a copy of the screenplay for "World Trade Center" and used the script as the basis for a 12-minute film that mirrors "a significant portion" of Stone's work, which stars Nicolas Cage and is scheduled for an August release.
